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28 Aug 14 - 09:41 AM (#3654462) Subject: Folklore: What is the Scottish blue man of mist? From: olddude I hear it on some tv show but could find nothing online. Is it a Mermaid type of creature? |
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28 Aug 14 - 09:42 AM (#3654463) Subject: RE: Folklore: What is the Scottish blue man of mist? From: olddude Sorry for spelling my cell phone is quite small to type |
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28 Aug 14 - 09:46 AM (#3654464) Subject: RE: Folklore: What is the Scottish blue man of mist? From: Manitas_at_home The blue men of the Minch. A stretch of water between the Hebrides and the Scottish mainland supposedly inhabited by kelpies or storm demons. |
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28 Aug 14 - 09:55 AM (#3654468) Subject: RE: Folklore: What is the Scottish blue man of mist? From: olddude Boy did I get that wrong thank you. What is a kelpie my friend. |
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28 Aug 14 - 10:17 AM (#3654480) Subject: RE: Folklore: What is the Scottish blue man of mist? From: GUEST,Squeezer Not sure if you can call them kelpies, which I believe live in inland lochs and pools. The blue men are psychopathic enthusiasts of poetry who (if I recall correctly) will jump on a boat and demand that the sailors answer a riddle in verse (Gaelic of course). If you don't come up with an immediate reply you're dragged down and drowned. |
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28 Aug 14 - 11:11 AM (#3654512) Subject: RE: Folklore: What is the Scottish blue man of mist? From: olddude Oh boy.. I would be treading water. I never heard that before thank you |
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28 Aug 14 - 11:17 AM (#3654517) Subject: RE: Folklore: What is the Scottish blue man of mist? From: olddude What is the thing that lives in the highlands. I am interested in the folklore. |
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28 Aug 14 - 11:30 AM (#3654524) Subject: RE: Folklore: What is the Scottish blue man of mist? From: GUEST,Derrick Old Dude,Google The blue men of the Minches,this will bring up several references to them and their legends. Likewise Kelpies, |
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28 Aug 14 - 11:34 AM (#3654527) Subject: RE: Folklore: What is the Scottish blue man of mist? From: olddude Thank you. I was spelling it wrong |
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28 Aug 14 - 11:54 AM (#3654538) Subject: RE: Folklore: What is the Scottish blue man of mist? From: GUEST,Rahere Silkies/selkies. |
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28 Aug 14 - 02:18 PM (#3654627) Subject: RE: Folklore: What is the Scottish blue man of mist? From: GUEST See here for a CD by Meantime: http://www.footstompin.com/cd-meantime-the-blue-men-of-the-minch |